US7178714B2 - Container for flat objects in a vertical position - Google Patents

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US7178714B2
US7178714B2 US11/024,695 US2469504A US7178714B2 US 7178714 B2 US7178714 B2 US 7178714B2 US 2469504 A US2469504 A US 2469504A US 7178714 B2 US7178714 B2 US 7178714B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/008—Means for collecting objects, e.g. containers for sorted mail items
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/005—Side walls formed with an aperture or a movable portion arranged to allow removal or insertion of contents
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
    • Y10S209/90—Sorting flat-type mail

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  • the invention relates to a container for flat objects in a vertical position.
  • objects can be, for example, flat items of mail of different formats.
  • Modern letter sorting systems reach peak throughputs of up to 45,000 items of mail per hour.
  • emptying is carried out manually, that is to say the sorted stacks of items of mail are transferred by hand from the sorter into mail containers.
  • the items of mail have to be put into the mail containers from above.
  • the mail containers themselves are then either stacked manually onto carts or transferred to tray management systems. This manual process is associated with a high error rate on the part of the operator, high physical stress on the operator and low throughputs.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of providing a container for flat objects in a vertical position, having at least one end wall which can be displaced downward into an intermediate space in the bottom and which, as compared with the prior art, is designed to be lightweight and space-saving.
  • the material web consists of a flexible thin material web which, at its ends running perpendicular to the longitudinal walls, is spread out between two rods.
  • the lower rod is guided in the interspace in the bottom and can be moved, and the upper rod can be displaced between the bottom and upper edge along the front boundary of the longitudinal walls.
  • the rods are guided jointly in a retaining mechanism which is fixed to the long walls such that it can be pivoted and holds the material web.
  • the retaining mechanism comprises three rotating levers, to whose ends oriented toward the end of the container the upper rod is fixed. They are mounted approximately in the center of their longitudinal direction such that they can be rotated on the lateral longitudinal walls, the two axes of rotation being aligned and perpendicular to the longitudinal walls.
  • the lower rod is connected to the other ends of the levers via floppy elongated pulling elements, which are deflected on the bottom, so that the material web/s remain/s spread out over its/their length in any pivoted position.
  • the lateral longitudinal walls advantageously have stops.
  • the lateral longitudinal walls preferably have recesses on the outside, in which the levers are arranged to be countersunk such that they can be rotated and which can be closed by external coverings. This avoids the retaining mechanism being hampered during its movement.
  • the material web/s has/have a handle cutout on the upper rod.
  • the upper rod can be used as a carrying handle.
  • a plurality of thin flexible material webs are fixed to the two rods at a distance from one another.
  • the bottom has lugs which dip into the slots between the material webs and in this way prevent objects being drawn in between the material web and bottom when the container is opened.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective schematic illustration of the container with a view obliquely from below of the bottom, front end closed, rear end opened, lower outer covering of the bottom and outer covering of the lateral longitudinal walls not illustrated;
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective schematic illustration of the container with a view obliquely from above of the container opening, front end closed, rear end opened;
  • FIG. 3 shows a partial view at right angles to a lateral longitudinal wall of the container, end closed
  • FIG. 4 shows a partial view at right angles to a lateral longitudinal wall of the container, end opened.
  • the container has two lateral longitudinal walls 10 and two end walls.
  • the end walls can be opened and closed independently of each other. Opening is carried out by means of simply pressing the end wan downward and closing by means of simply pulling the end wall upward.
  • An end wall comprises three broad, parallel, flexible thin material webs 1 which, at their end running perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal walls 10 , are spread out between two rods 2 , 3 .
  • the upper rod 2 is formed as a handle bar. In the center of the handle bar, the central material web has a corresponding handle cutout ( 12 ).
  • the lower rod 3 is located in an interspace in the bottom.
  • the handle bar is fixed at the lateral ends to two parallel levers 4 , which are mounted such that they can rotate on coaxial axes 5 perpendicular to the lateral longitudinal walls 10 .
  • Running between upper rod 2 and lower rod 3 are fixed flexible tension straps 13 with a substantially similar length as the material web.
  • the levers 4 are designed so as to be countersunk in recesses ( 11 ) whose boundaries form stop surfaces 7 for the levers 4 , the position of the stop surfaces 7 being chosen such that, in the upper position, the handle bar is located slightly below the upper edge of the lateral longitudinal walls 10 and, in the lower position, is located underneath the supporting surface of the bottom.
  • stops are located symmetrically with respect to a horizontal plane through the axis of rotation 5 .
  • the stop surfaces 7 , the diameter of the handle bar and to thickness of the bottom are designed such that the handle bar is located in the region underneath the inner surface of the container bottom and above the outer surface of the container bottom when the end of the container is opened.
  • the longitudinal walls 10 have extensions which are shaped like circular arcs, project beyond the bottom and prevent objects slipping through the gap between longitudinal wall 10 and material web 1 .
  • an elastic pulling element 6 is fixed in the bottom. It is in each case deflected at two rounded edges in the longitudinal wall 10 and is under slight prestress, by which means the end wall is spread out.
  • the levers 4 form with the material webs 1 spread out between the handle bar/upper rod 2 and the lower rod 3 and the pulling elements 6 a “self-contained unit” with an approximately constant arc length which, as the container is opened and closed, is subjected to only slight fluctuations, which are compensated for by the elastic pulling elements 6 .
  • the material webs 1 by means of which the ends of the container are closed are pulled into the interspace in the bottom by the pulling elements 6 at the lower rod 3 as the container is opened. As the container is opened, the material webs 1 are pulled out of the interspace in the bottom by the handle bar and pulled upward again.

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DE10231305A DE10231305B4 (de) 2002-07-10 2002-07-10 Behälter für flache Gegenstände in stehender Position
PCT/DE2003/002164 WO2004007305A1 (de) 2002-07-10 2003-06-30 Behälter für flache gegenstände in stehender position

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